Gloria Romero

Republican Party

California Lieutenant Governor Election

Sacramento, California

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What is Gloria Romero running for?

Race: Lieutenant Governor of California
Party: Republican Party
Location: Sacramento, California
Current role: California Lieutenant Governor Election

Gloria Romero is a former Democratic Majority Leader of the California State Senate, where she served from 2001 to 2010. She was the first woman to hold that position. Born in Barstow, California, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. After her time in the legislature, Romero became a prominent advocate for education reform, particularly supporting charter schools and school choice, leading the California chapter of Democrats for Education Reform. In September 2024, Romero announced she had switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, citing disagreements with the Democratic Party's direction on issues like education and parental rights.

Where does Gloria Romero stand on the issues?

Gloria Romero has a recorded position on 12 issues. Each is Civoren's summary of the campaign's own public material, with the source linked.

Civil Rights & Equality
Supports
Pledges to fight antisemitism on California campuses and hold university administrators accountable so Jewish students - and students of every faith - get safety, dignity and equal treatment.
“defend Title IX for our daughters in sports, and fight antisemitism on our campuses”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026
Cost of Living & Affordability
Supports
Campaigns on reducing the state's cost of living - food, gas, housing and energy made unaffordable, in her framing, by reckless one-party policies - to restore affordability and the California Dream.
“The cost of living is crushing families. Our schools are failing. … Reckless policies have made food, gas, housing, and energy unaffordable for ALL of us.”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
Economic Development & Growth
Supports
Promises a 'bold economic plan' to help businesses thrive, tied to her critique that Sacramento bureaucracy and waste are driving out opportunity; the LG chairs the Commission for Economic Development.
“I will restore education standards, develop a bold economic plan that helps businesses thrive”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
Election Integrity & Administration
Supports
Her campaign site prominently directs supporters to sign Reform California's California Voter ID petition, aligning her with the voter-identification push.
“SIGN THE VOTER ID PETITION”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026
Energy
Supports
Pledges to work with federal partners to safely uncover untapped energy reserves, tying energy production to her affordability critique of gas and energy prices.
“Gloria will also work with federal partners to safely provide for uncovering untapped energy reserves.”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026
Environment & Sustainability
Supports
On the LG's land/coastal portfolio: streamline commissions she calls answerable to Sacramento special interests, push fire prevention and smarter land management, speed permitting for disaster rebuilding ('From Paradise to Malibu, the Palisades, and Altadena'), and work with federal partners to tap energy reserves.
“Gloria will be a strong, common-sense voice for fire prevention, smarter land management, and faster rebuilding when disaster strikes.”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026
Fiscal Responsibility & Budgeting
Supports
Calls Sacramento's budget bloated with bureaucracy and waste and pledges common-sense, accountable state government instead of excuses.
“California's budget is bloated with bureaucracy and waste.”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
Higher Education Affordability
Supports
As LG she would sit on the UC/CSU/community-college boards; she pledges to restore merit in college admissions (including restoring an SAT requirement, per KCRA), protect academic standards, and crack down on community-college application fraud.
“If you're admitted to college, you should be able to do college-level work. That's not controversial, it's common sense. Gloria will fight to restore merit in admissions, protect academic standards, and stop setting students up for failure.”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026
K-12 Education
Supports
Says California's schools are failing with students below proficiency in reading and math, and pledges to restore basic education standards.
“Our schools are failing. Too many students aren't proficient in basic levels of reading and math. … I will restore education standards”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
Public Safety
Supports
Says public safety has been weakened and, playing to the LG's lands/coastal-commission role, pledges fire prevention, smarter land management, faster disaster rebuilding, and streamlining commissions she calls beholden to Sacramento special interests ('rejects a Let Them Burn malfeasance').
“Public safety has been weakened. ... Gloria will be a strong, common-sense voice for fire prevention, smarter land management, and faster rebuilding when disaster strikes.”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
School Choice & Education Funding Options
Supports
Career-defining issue: she authors and campaigns on school choice, saying parents and students trapped in failing schools need real opportunities such as the Parent Trigger and Open Enrollment laws she wrote.
“authored landmark school-choice reforms to give parents and students trapped in failing schools real opportunities”
vig.cdn.sos.ca.govAs of August 2026
Women's Rights
Supports
Pledges to stand up for women's sports and Title IX, arguing women and girls deserve a level playing field; repeated in her Aug 2026 KCRA interview.
“Gloria will proudly stand up for women's sports and Title IX. Fairness matters. Women deserve a level playing field, not excuses.”
gloriajromero.comAs of August 2026

Education

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Past Elections

Past Campaign

Lieutenant Governor of California

Primary election

Statewide, CaliforniaEnded 6/2/2026· Republican

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Contact

Website: www.itsgloriaromero.com
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What is Gloria Romero running for?

Where does Gloria Romero stand on the issues?

Civil Rights & Equality

Cost of Living & Affordability

Economic Development & Growth

Election Integrity & Administration

Energy

Environment & Sustainability

Fiscal Responsibility & Budgeting

Higher Education Affordability

K-12 Education

Public Safety

School Choice & Education Funding Options

Women's Rights